Corsair isn't without a contingent of new cases at Computex. A star attraction in its suite is the Carbide Air 540D. Pictured below, this somewhat cubical cases partitions the motherboard tray vertically from compartments that hold the PSU and drives. This partitioning makes sure peripheral/drive power cable doesn't clutter the motherboard tray area. The part with the motherboard tray is more airy than the other, with stripes of perforated metal running the front and top. This portion features provision for two front-facing fans, two on the top (with enough clearance for a 240x120 radiator), two bottom intakes, and a 140 mm rear exhaust.

The case can hold ATX and EATX motherboards, with eight expansion slot bays. The space below the motherboard tray and the bottom of the case, can either be used to expand storage with two 3.5/2.5-inch trays, or a second 280x140 radiator. All cables from the motherboard compartment can be routed through the valved holes to the other part of the case, which holds a long PSU bay, two 5.25-inch drive bays, and a couple of detachable drive cages holding multiple 3.5/2.5-inch bays. Corsair plans to launch the case some time in July.

It looks like two cases tried to fuse but failed horribly and created this monstrosity. This might be nice for home servers/ small business for a private cloud or something, but I don't know who in their right mind would use this for a desktop. Of course since this is corsair fanbois will eat this all up(I have nothing against corsair, just against some of their fanbois)

This could be an awesome case in the $100-120 range, but it probably will list for $170-180. As such it wouldn't be that popular among gamer and power users, who require much larger cases for that kind of money. Corsair certainly needs more variety in their line of cases, but this is a niche product at best.

This could be an awesome case in the $100-120 range, but it probably will list for $170-180. As such it wouldn't be that popular among gamer and power users, who require much larger cases for that kind of money. Corsair certainly needs more variety in their line of cases, but this is a niche product at best.

Thank you Corsair for not making just another tall full ATX case. This is one case I would consider buying. There are a lot of people like me who just can't fit a full height ATX case in their workspace. I'm short and have a low desk so I can't fit anything larger than 22", about the height of a mid ATX case, under the keyboard tray. I currently have to cram my triple crossfire configuration into a (relatively) small case and it's a pain. This would be perfect for me.

One half for motherboard and cooling, 'smaller half' for psu and storage.

Somebody built my case!

Wait, somebody stole my idea!

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Damn straight! I've been imagining a case like this for years. Moving all the "essential" components to a chamber with unobstructed airflow (with out a HDD cage in the way) will make this an air cooling dream.
Now if only they turned the motherboard 90 degrees